- City:
- Peterborough, NH
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Civic Facilities, Infrastructure and Utilities, Libraries, Cemeteries, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1941
Description
The Peterborough town reports of 1937 and 1940 report WPA involvement in various projects:
Water Main on Pine St.
Sidewalk project #1314 24 men employed
Library wall project #966 18 men employed
Powers Bridge project #1194 31 men employed
“In addition to Direct Relief and Old Age Assistance we have forty-two men on W. P. A. with a payroll of $2,000 a month. The total payments made by W. P. A. during the past year for the town of Peterborough were $19,122.50. This has been of great help in reducing the direct relief load. We also receive a considerable amount of food and clothing from the Federal Surplus Commodities Division.”
1940
WPA Cemeteries Project No. 2239 From WPA Appropriation $5,000 00
WPA Project No. 2347
Sand Hill Bridge, Sidewalks, Roads, Railings, Town House From WPA Appropriation $1,898.87 25 men employed
Source notes
Annual Reports of the town officers of PETERBOROUGH NH for the year ending January 31 1938 & 1941Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on May 30, 2014.
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